Soil-reclaiming means for water-currents.



"l/Vi In eases J. W. KELLNER'.

SOIL REGLAIMING MEANS FOR WATER GURRENTS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1909.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

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SOIL-RECLAIMING MEANS FOR WATER-CURRENTS eaaaaa.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

To all whom it mag concern Be it knownthatI,'Ji-1NNIE W. KELLNER, a citizen of the.Uuited States, residing at )maha, in-the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soil-Reclaiming Means for Water-Currents, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates-to soil reclaiming means for water currents, and has-for its object to provide a device which may be conveniently and economically constructed, and will be effective in operation for the purpose designed:

The invention also has reference to the manner of forming a floating-frame found to be useful and uponwhich webs for detaining the soil may be disposed to advantage.

The invention consists of the novel construction herein described and claimed, and as illustrated in the drawing, it being understood that. changes in form, size, proportion and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing the single figure shows a perspective view of one of the shores of a stream. and a soil reclaiming device embodying my invention.

Numeral 1 indicates the bank of the stream, 2 the water thereof moving in the direction shown by the arrow. I construct a triangular frame 3. each of the side members t4 and 5 of the frame comprising a plurality of longitudinal floats or buoys 6 secured end-to-eud by connecting members 7,

iug secured together at their front ends or apex 8. t

I provide a plurality of transverse floats or buoys 9 and they also operate as braces or spreading members. The ends of floats 9 are seated upon and are secured to floats (331s indicated at 10. Braces or floats 9 are graduated as to length, the rear brace, of course, being the longest, and those toward the apex of the frame being of lesser lengths. -At the apex of the frame may be secured the holder or cable 11, and this may be anchored as indicated at 12 upon the shore; -As thus described, when the floats action of the current of water, will be pressed against the bank of the stream; the

ends of braces 9, however, upon that side ,of theframe may, and in operation will,

engage this bank, and the braces cause the several floats of side member 5 to maintain their relative positions so that a triangular form is preserved, the base being downward of the stream, and transverse thereto.

I provide the webs 13 and 14. They may be of any suitable. flexible material, and are secured respectively to the floats comprising side member 5 and to the brace or spreading member forming the base of the triangular. frame, and the web may hang dependably in the water, the floats having buoyancy sufficient to maintain the frame upon the surface of the stream. Soil or sand in the moving current will be collected by the meshes of thcwebs and will be gradually reclaimed and deposited below the device or down stream therefrom, to form a part of the shore.

The device may be constructed at'slight expense, comparatively, and is effective for the formation of the deposits mentioned, and after a deposit has been made, the device may be changed in position to a point further up stream from its former location, and in this respect is of particular advantage, as compared to stationary or permanently built devices.

If a stream hasacurrent of considerable swiftness, the width of theibase' may be reduced, thereby making the triangular frame somewhat narrower, and the webs will be subjected to a less strain, and the deposit of soil will, in such cases, be better effected by such reduction.

As described, each brace 9 engages a pair of-oppositely disposed floats and holds the same spaced apart at a distance depending upon the length of the braces. Member 5 may be considered flexible since it is composed of a plurality of buoys, thls being desirable since the flow of swift running water is generally in channels, and the individual buoys in the path of the channels may therefore yield where the force of water is greatest.

It will be seen that where a force is directed against. any one of the buoys of memher 5, the-brace for that particular buoy is sustained by the bank, against which the opposite end of the brace rests. The lower dge of web 13 is held outwardly to resist the current by means of rigid bars 15 secured upon members 4, their opposite ends being secured to the rigid reinforcing arms 16 secured upon the bottom of this web; and by means of cable 17 secured to one of floats t) and to reinforcing arm 18, web 14 may be sustained in a manner to cause its bottom to resist, substantially, the current of water.

While I prefer that rigid floats or buoys be employed for members 9, the device obviously would be operative if constructed of material heavier than 1 water, the important feature being ,that the triangular frame be adequately sttstained upon the surface of the water current, and that the web upon member 5 be presented in a line diagonal to the general direction of the current.

llaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

1. A soil reclaiming device for water currents, comprising a pair of side members disposed V-shaped, each of said side members consisting of an equal number of longitudinal floats secured end-to-end, the floats of one of the side members being disposed opposite the floats of the other side member and providing differently spaced pairs; a plurality of braces; each of said braces consisting of a rigid float transversely disposed with reference' to and having its ends secured upon the floats of each of said pairs; a web secured upon and disposed dependingly from one of said side members and one of said transverse braces, and means to secure the device stationary in said water current.

2. A device for the purpose described, comprising a pair of side members disposed V-shaped, each consisting of a plurality of floats secured end-to-end; a plurality of braces disposed transversely upon and having their ends secured to said side members;

a web supported by and disposed dependingly from one of said side members and one of said transverse braces, and means to detain the device in a current of Water.

3. A device for the purpose described, comprising two longitudinal, flexible side buoys disposed V-shapcd; rigid buoys disposed transversely upon. and having their ends secured upon the flexible side buoys, a web secured upon one of said side buoys and upon a rigid, transverse buoy, and a holding means adapted to maintain the device stationary in a moving current of water.

4. ,ln devices as described, the combination 'of two longitudinal, flexible side buoys disposed V-shaped and maintained stationary in a water current, of braces having their ends secured upon the side buoys, and a web dependingly secured upon one of the side buoys and upon one of said braces.

In devices for the purpose described, the.

combination of two longitudinal side members disposed V-shaped and maintained stationary in a water current; of rigid buoys disposed transversely with reference to and having their ends secured upon the side members and a depending web secured upon one of the side members and upon one of said rigid, transversely disposed buoys.

(S. A. device for the purpose described, comprising, in combination with a water current, a triangular frame adapted to float thereon, said frame having a depending side-web and an eml-web, and means for detaining said frame adjacent the shore of said water current.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

J ENNIE W. KELLUER.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR STUnons, HIRAMIA. S'ronons. 

